Saturday Errands

Jessica and I spent Saturday morning running all manner of errands.  She wanted to get some snacks for the Super Bowl.  Originally, she had asked to go to a friend's house to watch the Super Bowl.  When we said no, she decided to throw a family party.  She made a shopping list of snacks that she needed.  I had a grocery list and we headed out Saturday morning.  We ran around picking up my Sunday School handouts, dry cleaning, prescriptions.  And then, we drove to Walmart where we both discovered that we were errand losers.  We had both left our grocery lists at home.  We had to drive back home for our list!

Fred and Jonathan got home to the smell of dinner in the slow cooker!  It was a big hit with the meat eaters (everyone except Jess).  I am not very domestic.  Cooking is not fun to me, but this meal was easy and delicious.  We will be repeating this yummy little number.

Slow Low Country Boil

4 quarts water

1/4 cup Old Bay Seasoning

1 tablespoon Kosher Salt, plus more to taste

4 Celery Stalks, cut in 1 inch pieces

1 Yellow Onion, diced

1 Head of Garlic, halved

2 1/2 Pounds Small Red Potatoes

4 Ears of Corn, Shucked and Cut into 4 pieces

2 Pounds of Smoked Sausage, Cut into 1 1/2 inch slices

2 Pounds Medium Shrimp, in the shell deveined

Directions:

In a slow cooker combine water, Old Bay seasoning, salt, celery, onion, garlic and potatoes.  Cook on low heat until the potatoes are tender when pierced with a knife.  4-6 hours on low.

Add the corn and sausage and simmer until the corn is tender, 1-2 more hours.  Add the shrimp and simmer until opaque, 20-30 minutes.  Taste the broth and adjust the seasonings with salt and pepper, if necessary.  Serve immediately.

Note:  We cut this recipe in half, because the measurements above would have been way too much for our slow cooker.  Also, our shrimp was not in the shell.

We served with corn bread

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I was at the school watching some of our sweet youth from church in a play.  From what I understand, Fred and Jonathan LOVED it!